Senior Python Developer Job Trends

Senior Python Developer
UK

The median Senior Python Developer salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 592 771
Rank change year-on-year -17 +179 +94
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 91 53 81
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.14% 0.096%
Number of salaries quoted 62 35 73
10th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -13.89% +12.50%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £106,000 £97,250 £138,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -9.68% +14.81% -3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 72,188 37,006 84,379
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 90.01% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 46,349 23,310 63,655
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Python Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Python Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Python Developer over the 6 months to 29 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Python Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 29 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -11 83 £80,000 +3.23% 10
London +11 54 £85,000 +9.68% 8
UK excluding London -35 31 £70,000 -9.68% 3
Work from Home -2 24 £80,000 +3.23% 3
North of England - 13 £70,000 -
Yorkshire - 12 £70,000 -
Midlands -17 10 £70,000 +7.69%
East Midlands -35 6 £70,000 +7.69%
Scotland - 4 £90,000 - 1
West Midlands - 4 £75,000 -
South East -33 3 £85,000 +9.68%
East of England -26 1 - - 2
North West - 1 £90,000 -

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 March 2026, Senior Python Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 91 (100.00%) Python
2 32 (35.16%) AWS
3 31 (34.07%) AI
4 29 (31.87%) Test Automation
5 24 (26.37%) OOP
6 21 (23.08%) Full-Stack Development
7 20 (21.98%) Flask
7 20 (21.98%) OO
8 19 (20.88%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 19 (20.88%) C++
8 19 (20.88%) Linux
8 19 (20.88%) Low Latency
8 19 (20.88%) Order Management
9 18 (19.78%) React
10 17 (18.68%) Software Engineering
11 15 (16.48%) Agile
11 15 (16.48%) Azure
11 15 (16.48%) CI/CD
12 13 (14.29%) Django
13 12 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (13.19%) JavaScript
14 10 (10.99%) GitHub
14 10 (10.99%) Microsoft
14 10 (10.99%) Product Vision
14 10 (10.99%) Resource Allocation
14 10 (10.99%) SaaS
14 10 (10.99%) SDLC
14 10 (10.99%) Serverless
15 9 (9.89%) Docker
15 9 (9.89%) FastAPI

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.20%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.10%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 32 (35.16%) AWS
2 15 (16.48%) Azure
3 10 (10.99%) GitHub
3 10 (10.99%) SaaS
3 10 (10.99%) Serverless
4 8 (8.79%) Azure AI
5 5 (5.49%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (3.30%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (3.30%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.20%) AWS Fargate
7 2 (2.20%) Azure AKS
7 2 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.20%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (1.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.10%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 1 (1.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.10%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.20%) Broadband
1 2 (2.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.20%) MongoDB
1 2 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.20%) GitLab
1 2 (2.20%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.20%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (1.10%) Git
2 1 (1.10%) MLflow
General
1 23 (25.27%) Finance
2 19 (20.88%) Front Office
3 6 (6.59%) Public Sector
4 5 (5.49%) Social Skills
5 4 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.20%) Games
6 2 (2.20%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (21.98%) Flask
2 19 (20.88%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 18 (19.78%) React
4 13 (14.29%) Django
5 9 (9.89%) FastAPI
6 7 (7.69%) HTML
7 6 (6.59%) REST
7 6 (6.59%) Vue
8 5 (5.49%) CSS
9 4 (4.40%) AngularJS
10 3 (3.30%) Node.js
10 3 (3.30%) OAuth
10 3 (3.30%) OAuth2
11 2 (2.20%) OpenID
11 2 (2.20%) SQLAlchemy
12 1 (1.10%) NumPy
12 1 (1.10%) OpenCV
12 1 (1.10%) Pandas
12 1 (1.10%) RESTful
12 1 (1.10%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 21 (23.08%) Algorithms
1 21 (23.08%) Data Structures
2 19 (20.88%) Cloud Native
2 19 (20.88%) Equities
2 19 (20.88%) Hedge funds
2 19 (20.88%) Management Information System
3 15 (16.48%) Educational Technology
4 10 (10.99%) PropTech
5 4 (4.40%) NHS
6 2 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.20%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.20%) PKI
6 2 (2.20%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.20%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (1.10%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (20.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (34.07%) AI
2 29 (31.87%) Test Automation
3 24 (26.37%) OOP
4 21 (23.08%) Full-Stack Development
5 20 (21.98%) OO
6 19 (20.88%) Low Latency
6 19 (20.88%) Order Management
7 17 (18.68%) Software Engineering
8 15 (16.48%) Agile
8 15 (16.48%) CI/CD
9 12 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (10.99%) Product Vision
10 10 (10.99%) Resource Allocation
10 10 (10.99%) SDLC
11 9 (9.89%) Intelligent Automation
11 9 (9.89%) Mentoring
11 9 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (8.79%) Containerisation
13 7 (7.69%) Event-Driven
14 6 (6.59%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 91 (100.00%) Python
2 19 (20.88%) C++
3 12 (13.19%) JavaScript
4 9 (9.89%) SQL
5 2 (2.20%) Go
6 1 (1.10%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (1.10%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.10%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.20%) QA
2 1 (1.10%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (9.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.59%) Terraform
2 4 (4.40%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.10%) Grafana
Vendors
1 10 (10.99%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.20%) Foundry
3 1 (1.10%) Databricks